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INDEX 



Jaws (cotit.) 



clasmobranchs, 145, 176, 184. 



elongated, 430, 778. 



frog, 331. 



mammals, 536. 



marsupials, 558. 



monotremes, 550. 



origin of, 145. 



ostracoderms, 127. 



palaeoniscoidea, 230. 



primates, 637. 



reptiles, 377, 396, 412, 423, 430. 



rodents, 656. 



snakes, 412. 



sturgeon, 234. 



suspension, 145. 



synapsids, 544. 



ungulates, 698. 



whales, 668. 

 Jerboa, 659. 

 John Dory, 237, 248. 



Kangaroo, 566. 

 Kannemeyeria, 542. 

 Karroo, 537. 

 Kelts, 205. 

 Kestrel, 517. 

 Kidney, see Excretion. 

 Kinesis, 272, 377. 

 Kingfisher, 484, 521. 

 Kiwi, 490, 514. 

 Knowles, F., 96, 103. 

 Koala, 567. 

 Kolliker's pit, 40. 

 Komodo dragon, 409. 

 Krait, 415. 



Labidosaurus, 389. 

 Labrus, 237, 251. 

 Labyrinthodontia, 296, 356. 

 Lacerta, 372, 409. 



eggs, 382. 



skull, 377. 

 Lacertilia, 407. 

 Lachesis, 415. 

 Lack, D., 503, 524. 

 Lagomorpha, 660. 

 Lagopas, 518. 

 Lagostomus, 661. 

 Lama, 751. 

 Lambdotherium, 730. 

 Lampetra, 83, 119. 

 Land bridges, 573. 

 Land, colonization of, 296, 355, 381, 



429. 

 Land vertebrates, succession, 429, 775. 

 Lanius, 470, 485, 522. 

 Lanthanotus, 410. 

 Lapwing, 519. 



Lariosaurus, 399. 



Lark, 463, 521. 



Lams, 519. 



Larva, amphibia, 334, 358, 361, 364. 



amphioxus, 43. 



Cephalodiscus, 58. 



dipnoi, 279. 



Lampetra, 114. 



Larvacea, 70. 



polyzoa, 58. 



tornaria, 56. 



tunicates, 67. 

 Larynx, amphibia, 334. 



birds, 471. 



reptiles, 379. 

 Lateral line, actinopterygii, 218. 



amphibia, 326. 



bones, 195, 230. 



cephalaspids, 127. 



elasmobranchs, 172, 218. 



functions, 218, 230. 



Lampetra, 108. 



palaeoniscids, 230. 



placoderms, 187. 



pteraspida, 129. 

 Lateral plate musculature, 155. 

 Latimeria, 268, 771. 

 Laagia, 246. 

 Learning, actinopterygii, 210, 225. 



amphibia, 354. 



elephants, 713. 



horses, 735. 

 Lebistes, 258, 266. 

 Leiopelma, 307, 360, 365. 

 Lemmas, 661. 

 Lemur, 609. 

 Leopard, 690. 

 Lepadogaster, 251. 

 Lepidosauria, 401. 

 Lepidosiren, 262, 268, 275. 

 Lepidotes, 236. 

 Lepidotrichia, 200. 

 Lepisosteus, 233, 235, 244, 262. 

 Lepomis, 245, 250. 

 Lepospondyli, 296, 361. 

 Leptictoidea, 584. 

 Leptocephalus larvae, 243. 

 Leptodactylus, 312. 

 Leptolepis, 236. 

 Leuciscus, 191, 237. 

 Leucocytes, actinopterygii, 202. 



amphibia, 338. 



birds, 471. 



lampreys, 93. 

 Life, definition of, 2. 

 Limbs, aardvark, 704. 



amphibia, 304, 309. 



artiodactyls, 696, 742, 758. 



bats, 586. 



